June 03, 2013

The Morning Wrap

Immigration Timeline: Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), the U.S.
Senate's third-ranking Democrat, on Sunday said immigration reform
legislation will clear the Senate by July 4, The Washington Postreports. "We're hoping to get 70 votes — up to 70 votes, which means a lot of Republicans," Schumer said on NBC's "Meet The Press."

Apple E-Books: An antitrust case against
Apple Inc. over prices in the e-book market is set to go to trial this week in
Manhattan, The New York Timesreports. The U.S. Justice Department has accused Apple and five book publishers
of conspiring to raise e-book prices.

Bulger Trial: The trial against reputed
mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger, who was one of the nation's
most-wanted fugitives, is scheduled to start this week, The Associated Press reports. "If you go back to his
childhood, he was nothing more than an incorrigible juvenile who was destined
to go on to live a life of criminality, and that's exactly what he did,"
said Tom Duffy, a retired state police major who was one of the lead Bulger
investigators.

Oprah: The U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit has ruled that Oprah Winfrey has not shown that her use
of the "Own Your Power" mark constitutes a fair use defense to
trademark infringement, the New York Law
Journal reports. The decision reversed a lower court and reinstated the
Lanham Act claim of Simone Kelly-Brown, owner of the motivational services
company Own Your Power Communications Inc.